Happy New Year!

Well lets hope it is  — for us all.

A return to travelling , meeting eveyone, ditching the mask and returning life to normal. It it too much to ask?

Alas it may be but we can only plan and dream, and we do have some plans to look forward to but I wont tempt fate by talking about them yet.

So today a couple of watercolours to welcome the New Year, painted this week between Christmas and New Year of the English Lake District, one of the few places we did manage to go to in 2021.

I was amazed to find that I have a ready painted 18 sketches and watercolours of the region since travelling there in June 2021. I guess that is because we really enjoyed the area, the people and the food there, and the scenery is stunning!

Although in June it was very busy with all of us Staycationers!

These two new watercolours are of Buttermere and the beautiful waterfalls at Aira Force near the shore of Ullswater at Glenridding.

The climb up to the top of the bridge shown in this watercolour is about  150 metres which was for us quite an achievement!
But the circular walk is really a lovely experience and well worth the climb.

The falls drop about 20 metres and the roar is terrific.

The second watercolour is a larger work of Buttermere Lake, still in the Lake Dirsict but a little futher west of Ullswater.

It is very famous for  Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks and the area has always been a popular place for painters and walkers with the mountains coming down to the lake.

This is a more traditional watercolour of Buttermere , this time in more Autumn hues and is 50 by 30 cms and is painted on Arches 300 gsm watercolour paper, my favourite watercolour medium.
It is for sale on Artfinder as are many of my watercolours.

Buttermere in the Lake District. Watercolour on Arches 300gsm paper , 50 by 30 cms. Fleetwith Pike to the left and Haystacks Fell to the right

I was prompted by our lack of recent travel to tally up the Countries that we have visited over many years, and I was surprised to find that it came to 57 different Countries. Mind you as there are over 190 Countries worldwide there is still plenty of scope for more to be added, let us hope we can!

Of those  57, I have painted watercolours and sketches of 45 and many are in this Blog’s archives.

In the mean time stay safe and well and enjoy wherever you are.

As we have found over the past two years there are many fabulous places in your own area and Country to see and explore.

Very Best Wishes for 2022

Brian

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brian@brianswatercolours.com and i will happily take on commissions for watercolours that are special to you!

It is what I really love to do!